About Joseph Phelps

Capt. Joseph Phelps1

Capt. Joseph Phelps was born on 24 June 1647 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

He was the son of George Phelps and Phillury Randall.

Capt. Joseph Phelps married Mary Porter, daughter of John Porter II and Mary Stanley, on 26 June 1673.

Capt. Joseph Phelps married Hester Hosford circa 1688.

Capt. Joseph Phelps died in 1695.

Moved with his father to Westfield, Mass., and after the birth of his first child, or about 1676, he, with his father-in-law, John Porter, Jr., Samuel Grant, Samuel Rockwell, and Thomas Bissell, removed to the East side of the Great River and were the first settlers of East Windsor, or what is now south Windsor.

Married second Esther Hosford after the death of Mary Porter in 1682. All but his last child (Hester) were from his first wife.

Children of Joseph Phelps and Mary Porter

Hannah Phelps was born 02 Feb 1669 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, died 27 Nov 1732 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.